Mexico

2012

Mexico
City, December 7, 2012--Mexican authorities must immediately release a freelance
Romanian photojournalist who was detained on Saturday while covering a protest
related to the presidential inauguration, the Committee to Protect Journalists
said today.

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Mexico
City, November 15, 2012--A freelance journalist and his companion were shot to
death Wednesday in the central Mexican state of Puebla shortly after the
reporter had gathered information on a large-scale gasoline theft and then witnessed
a stand-off between soldiers and gunmen, according to news
reports and CPJ interviews.

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Mexico City, November 8, 2012--Mexican authorities must thoroughly
investigate the disappearance of journalist Adela Jazmín Alcaraz López, who was
last seen nearly two weeks ago, the Committee to Protect journalists said
today.

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Mexico
City, August 17, 2012--Mexican federal authorities should assume control of the
investigation and prosecution of all cases of murdered and missing journalists
in the state of Veracruz, the Committee to Protect Journalists said today. A
state investigation into the murder of several journalists has raised numerous
questions and concerns, CPJ found.

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New
York, July 30, 2012--Mexican authorities must immediately investigate an arson
attack on the offices of a supplement owned by the daily El Norte, the third attack on an El Norte publication this month, the Committee to Protect
Journalists said today.

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New York, July 30, 2012--The Committee to Protect Journalists is alarmed by a death threat made Sunday
against Lydia Cacho, the Mexican investigative reporter and author, and calls on
federal authorities to launch a thorough investigation.

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New
York, July 25, 2012--Mexican authorities must immediately investigate the disappearance
of a crime photojournalist who was last seen on Thursday, the Committee to
Protect Journalists said today. Miguel Morales Estrada worked in Veracruz,
which has become Mexico's most dangerous state for the press, according to CPJ
research.

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New
York, July 11, 2012--Unknown assailants using explosives, grenades, and guns
attacked three news outlets in northern Mexico on Tuesday, causing property
damage but no injuries, according to news reports.

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Prominent
Mexican journalist Sanjuana Martínez was arrested
on July 5, 2012, in the state of Nuevo León under unclear circumstances related to a civil custody
dispute, and was released from jail the following day, according to news reports.
Martínez was detained by armed police, which is unusual in a civil case, the
reports said.

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New York, July 6, 2012--The Committee to Protect Journalists is
concerned about the arrest of prominent Mexican journalist Sanjuana
Martínez Thursday in Nuevo León under unclear circumstances related to a civil
custody dispute. The judge who ordered the detention was the subject of
critical reporting by Martínez in 2008.